New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
REPUBLICAN, POLICY.

Senator Shcrman's strong Republican speech
at Nashville produces a marked effect through
out tho South. Anxious Democrats are trying
to get some competent leader Of their party to
reply, and it would indeed put Democratic
craftsmanship in pitiful contrast II they could
find no one more worthy or more competent
than the Pan Electric Senator Harris, the chief
of tho telephone jobbers and man OF no con-
siderable ability. No reply at all to Mr.. Sher-
mans speech would be better for the Dem
ocrats than any reply Senator Harris can make.
1t is curious, too, to observe the shallow COM
ments of Mugwumps and Free Traders, who,
for various small reasons, wish to represent Mr..
Sherman as at variance with other Republican
leaders Mr.. Sherman is saying in Tennessee
precisely what Mr.. Blaine said years ago In
West Virginia, and appeals in precisely the
same spirit TO the more progressive and en-
lightened sentiment of the New South" but
"The Herald saws. "Unlike the Blaines and
the Hoars," Mr.. Sherman "has eyes to see and
sense to know that the old order changes
Senator Shermans speech was great and
strong because it in essentials a faithful
presentation of the policy Of great and
strong party, whose ideas are powerful, whose
aims open grand future for the South as for
every other section, and whose measures have
blessed the country so marvellously that Mr..
Blaine's bare recital of the results some years
ago still worries every free trade writer and
speaker. The Republican policy is so splen-
did and so benefcent that clear description OF
It must strongly impress hearers in every part OF
the country. Senator Sherman did not attempt
the creation of new policy for himself
Though in some details he may differ from
other Republican leaders. in vital matters ard
especially with respect to the protective policy,
his opinions arc those of the great party OF
which he has long been one of the ablcst and
most honored leaders. 1t is a chief source of
Republican strength that the party has clear
" defined policy, in which all lis capable lead
crs are agreed. and fixed convictions which
nearly all it's voters share, and magnificent
record of results attained under that policy
results which cannot he matched in the history
of any other nation. 1t docs not stoop az the
Democratic party must to set up one false pre-
tcnce in PENNSYLVANIA and another III Icnncs-
see 1t is not crippled as the Democratic party
is, by perpetual war between the convictions Of
its voters and the tricky cvasons by which it,
managers try to deceive the people true
Sherman, whether in Tennessee or West Nir-
GINA. or in Maine or California, is everywhere
a presentation of essentially the same broad,
benefcent and well-tried national policy.
That this policy is strong with the people
Democratic leaders begin to admit. Even Mr..
Watterson OF Kentucky. one OF the most ardent
free traders says of the Southern people in
recent interview:
The idea Of protection, internal improvements, cen
REALIZATION and slmpacation OF government Is strong
with very large proportion OF them. The couh-
try is ripe breakup. believe it would he great
thing for the whole country. and for the Democratic
party particular break up the solid South and cease
10 elect Presidents and Congresses on sectional lines III
Is coming the sun shines. Look al virgin"
with her six Republican Congrossmen out OF eight
North Carolina is trembling the OF political revo
luton doesn't dare 10 out after dark Tor
fear OF finding the house occupied by stranger on
her return Alabama Is filling with Northern people
and Is bound TO be protection state All these things
point to a new era In American politics, and welcome
the day OF its advent
These arc truths not comfortable TO the
free trade Democrats who have elected Mr..
Cleveland by dcpiiving some Southern voters
Of their suffrage and by deceiving some voters
at the North. If Mr.. Watterson is not incor-
lccdy reported land no correction OF the in
tervlcw has hcca 5:,servcd), he looks to the sue
cess Of Democratic ideas only through com
plcte rcadjdslmcnt OF political forces. II Viz
GINA West Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
ncssce are trembling on the verge OF political
revolution, it Is equally certain that Louisiana,
Mississippi South Carolina and Florida would
have given Republican majoritics in past cleo
tions had the people been free to vote as they
pleased, and able to get their votes honestly
returned But if the policy of which Mr. Wat
tcrson speaks is >trong IN the South, where its
henefcent effects are only beginning to be re-
allied, how can 1t be resisted in States like
Pennsylvania, New-York and Ohio, where
every county and almost every town has long
experienced its benefits. and where millions Of
workers know its bcssingsf
RUSSIAS TREATY WITH ENGLAND.